Apiomithrax violaceus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)

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Micropisa violacea A. Milne-Edwards, 1868: 50, pl. 16, figs. 3–6.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 2 ♂, CCDB 4692, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 09.x.2013 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5054, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. D. Rosa, 18.x.2012 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 69, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 12.ix.1995 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ov, CCDB 5716, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 20.x.2005 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 2461, Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá, colls. F. Mantelatto & L. Pardo, 15.ix.2008 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 6251, Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá, coll. D. Rosa, 04.x.2017 ; 1 j, CCDB 5836, Ubatuba, Praia do Itaguá, coll. F. Mantelatto, 02.xii.2014 ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, CCDB 1206, Ubatuba, Praia do Lamberto, coll. F. Mantelatto, 16.vi.2003 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 1760, Ubatuba, Praia do Lamberto, coll. F. Mantelatto, 01.v.2002 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5547, Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 12.iv.2012 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5722, Ubatuba, coll. D. Rosa, 20–28.viii.2012 ; 2 ♂, CCDB 5729, Cananéia, coll. R. Costa, 25.ii.2013 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic—Venezuela and Brazil (Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul). Eastern Atlantic—Cape Verde, Tunisia to Angola. Central Atlantic—Ascension Island (Melo 1996; Bertini et al. 2004; Bezerra et al. 2005a; Lira et al. 2010).

Remarks. Previous records on the coast of São Paulo state include Ubatuba (Mantelatto & Fransozo 2000; Bertini et al. 2004, 2010; Santana et al. 2004a; Alves et al. 2012a, b, 2013b). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 5054—16S (MF490139), COI (MF490070) (Mantelatto et al. 2018a).